Subject: Easy to appreciate
From: "Jeffrey Lerner, Democrats.org" <[email-masked]>
To: "Robert Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2012 11:09:02 -0400

The Democratic Party
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Robert --

I know I get more excited about the nitty-gritty details of
policy than most normal people, but this one's pretty easy
to appreciate: Thanks to Obamacare, this summer 12.8 million
Americans got a refund from their health insurance companies.

Under the Affordable Care Act, insurance companies have to
spend at least 80 percent of premiums on health care for
patients -- visits to the doctor, medication, and quality
improvement -- and not on administration, overhead, or
corporate profits for themselves. Those that don't meet
this standard owe their members a refund.

Imagine that: Health care premiums going to pay for actual
care. It's just another way Obamacare is helping millions
of Americans -- and another benefit that would be lost if
Mitt Romney and the Republicans win big in November.

Democrats made it happen, and it's on us to keep pushing
forward. If you want to see more progress like this, donate
$146 or more to support Democrats today:

https://my.democrats.org/Fight-Back-Today4

The Affordable Care Act expands preventive care, ends price
discrimination against women, extends access to affordable
insurance for all Americans, and puts care ahead of profits
-- these all seem like commonsense reforms to me. Yet Mitt
Romney and the Republicans can't wait to roll it all back;
the House has already voted 33 times to repeal or dismantle
it -- time they could have spent passing legislation that
actually gets something done.

But despite their efforts, we've been able to stand strong
and protect the reforms we fought so hard for -- and
Americans are starting to see the benefits, in their care
and in their wallets.

We need four more years to keep waging, and winning, fights
like these.

Help us keep up the fight by supporting Democrats with $146
today:

https://my.democrats.org/Fight-Back-Today4

Thanks,

Jeffrey

Jeffrey Lerner
Political Director
Democratic National Committee

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